The premium choice for a wide range of applications, it combines good strength and high opacity.
Characteristics
EP Select Maple (Hardwood Portion: 75% Maple 25% birch): EP Select Maple is the ideal species balance for grades requiring opacity, bulk, and formation with additional sheet integrity. Elemental chlorine free (ECF).
Value-Added Features
Combine any of the three EP pure species pulps in your pulper to maximize their contribution and optimally engineer sheets. You select the best mix!
Pure Benefits
- Precision blends to meet specific needs
- Combines strength with optical properties
Ideal Applications
- Printing and writing grades
- Tissue grades
- Flexible packaging
- Coated free sheets
- All engineered products
End-use Benefits
Optimum species attributes
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:EP Select Maple – Technical Data Sheet
Wood Species (Typical)
| Softwood | 3% - 5% |
| Hardwood Portion: | |
| Maple | 75% |
| Birch | 25% |
Typical Pulp Properties**
| Brightness (ISO) | 90 (89 min) |
| Dirt (ppm) | 0.1 |
| Viscosity (cp) | 7-9 |
| Fiber Length* (mm) | 0.67 |
| Coarseness* (mg/m) | 0.088 |
| DCM Extractives (%) | 0.025 |
| Ash (550° C) (%) | 0.29 |
| Air Dry (%) | 93 |
| * Kajaani FS-200 **FQA |
Shipping Data
| Dimensions | Inches | cm |
| Length | 33 | 83 |
| Width | 33 | 83 |
| Height | 16.5 | 41.9 |
| Weight | 580 lb. / 263 kg | |
| Wrapping: | Single wrapped with pulp | |
| Wires: | Domestic | 1 x 1 |
| Export | 1 x 2 | |
| Export Package: | 8 bales/unit |
PFI Mill Handsheet Data
| Revolutions | Units | 0 | 250 | 1000 | 2000 | 3000 |
| Freeness |
CSF, (ml) | 461 | 382 | 304 | 260 | 219 |
| SR, (°SR) | 27 | 33 | 40 | 44 | 50 | |
| Bulk |
(cc/g) | 1.83 | 1.68 | 1.57 | 1.52 | 1.48 |
| Burst Factor |
9 | 18 | 26 | 30 | 35 | |
| Burst Index |
(kPa-m²/g) | 0.91 | 1.73 | 2.57 | 2.97 | 3.45 |
| Tear Factor |
46 | 59 | 64 | 68 | 68 | |
| Tear Index |
(mN-m²/g) | 4.51 | 5.78 | 6.25 | 6.66 | 6.70 |
| Breaking Length |
(m) | 2090 | 3300 | 4430 | 5010 | 5470 |
| Tensile Index |
(Nm/g) | 20.5 | 32.4 | 43.4 | 49.2 | 53.7 |
| Tappi Opacity |
% | 81.0 | 79.1 | 77.3 | 76.3 | 76.2 |
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